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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1961
Page
1
Mickey Mantle belts two two run homers to power the New York Yankees past the Detroit Tigers 13-11 in 10 innings. Mantle drives in the tying and winning runs as Detroit’s eight game win streak ends.
Ottawa finished fourth in the Northeast Kansas League golf tournament at Ottawa Country Club. Highland Park won with 333, Leavenworth 344, Lawrence 361, Ottawa 368, Atchison 382. Medalist was Dick Hentzler with 77. Jeeper Deputy led Ottawa with 76. Other Ottawa scores: Meyers 87 Trigg 101 Duffield 102. Next match at Lawrence on Friday May 6.
Milwaukee defeats St. Louis 8 to 1 while San Francisco edges Los Angeles 6 to 5. Pittsburgh bests Philadelphia 8 to 2 and Chicago runs past Cincinnati 8 to 2 in 10 innings. Thursday schedule shows Cincinnati at Chicago as the sole game.
Oregon State leads a strong distance group at Drake Relays aiming to shatter several records. Sophomore Dale Story anchors a roster including Norm Hoffman, Rich Cuddihy and Norm Fones as the four mile squad targets around 16 45 to beat the American mark. Drake hosts the two mile and mile records loom with Barrie Almond and John Cooper chasing the 4 07 9 mile.
Cleveland 6 Baltimore 3 New York 18 Detroit 11 in 10 innings Washington 2 Boston 1 Only games scheduled Boston at Detroit Cleveland at New York Minnesota at Los Angeles Baltimore at Washington Chicago at Kansas City N stands for night game New York and Detroit played long affair Other matchups set for future date or postponed
A field of 10 Kentucky Derby eligibles with 65 percent in the money this season races in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland. Top contenders Flutterby Mr Consistency and Gay Landing carry high weights, with Bass Clef also prominent. The mile and an eighth race offers a $22,295 winner share from a $34,000 purse and acts as a key Derby prep for Louisville on May 6.
Pomona defeated Princeton and Lane in a triangular meet at the Ottawa University campus. Hackett led Pomona with 16 points via wins in the 100, 220, and 440-yard dashes. Lane and Princeton each claimed several events, with Lane scoring 64 percent and Princeton 20 percent. Final event results list numerous podiums across sprints, distance, hurdles, throws, jumps, and relays.
Bowling scores from Wednesday night include top marks by Carlson 215 and Moore 303, with Whitacre 202 and Burgoon 535 for totals, plus 10 more high games across teams Kansas State, First Natl, Romstedt, Towner, Ames, Quenemo, Knights of Columbus, Princeton, and Anchor clubs. Notable totals include Reiter 551, Hamner 519, and Smith 680 as high series performers.
Twilight League quick stats show AGH at 479 in fourth, 41g, 540 and 445 totals with 573 later figures. Others record 442 and 515, indicating shifting standings and performance gaps across teams.
Giants trailed 5 0 after 5 1 3 innings but came back to defeat the Dodgers 6 5 to pull within a half game in the National League standings. Harvey Kuenn Willie Mays and Willie McCovey fueled the comeback with key hits and an error by Wills opened the door for the decisive runs.
The college division NCAA Midwest regional golf tournament will be held in Springfield on May 19 and 20. The Midwest region comprises Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Texas North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Nebraska Iowa Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana.
The Warrens burg State Mules won the final event the mile relay to break a tie and defeat Washburn 68 to 63 in a Wednesday dual track meet.
At a Baltimore luncheon Paul Richards, manager of the Orioles, was asked why there are so few left handed throwers as catchers. He replied that if a left handed player could throw well enough to be a catcher he would convert him to a pitcher.
CHICAGO AP Dick Cole former infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals Pittsburgh Pirates and Milwaukee Braves has been named the 10th coach for the managerless Chicago Cubs. Cole 34 was out of baseball last year. He starts this season with Houston of the American Assn and reports today to assist Coach Bobby Adams with the Cubs infield for two weeks. Head Coach Harry Craft leads the staff replacing Vedie Himsl who is in San Antonio assisting another Cubs coach Rip Collins. Other coaches are Elvin Tappe and Goldie Holt Charley Grimm Roaming the farm system Verlon Walker and Fred Martin Wenatchee Wash.
SAN FRANCISCO AP The NFL announced its first package TV deal with CBS, guaranteeing about 300000 dollars per season to each of 14 pro clubs. Some teams may earn less than in prior year, while most will gain overall. league games will air in each club’s home area and raise concerns over shared rights.
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